Portal:Geography/Intro

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Geography stds th lctn, xtnt, dstrbtn, frqncy nd ntrctn f ll sgnfcnt lmnts f th hmn nd physcl nvrnmnt n th rth's srfc, prtclrly ts ftrs and f th dstrbtn f lf n th rth, ncldng hmn lf nd th ffcts f hmn ctvty. Th wrd ggrphy drvs frm th Grk &gmma;&ta; (g) r γαια (g) ("rth") nd γραφειν (graphein) ("to inscribe"). Physcl ggrphy fcss n rth scnc (nd is smtms clld rth Systm Scnc). Ths prvds n ndrstndng f th physcl, meteorological and ecological patterns of the Earth. Human geography includes economic, political and cultural geography and focuses on the social science or the non-physical aspects of the world. It examines how human beings adapt themselves to the land and how they impact the physical world. Geographers not only study the human and natural features of the Earth but also its place in the Solar System and the Universe and how this affects the Earth features (e.g. climate, sea currents and tides).